Tryin to remember a Marin from back in the day.....

jayson

I was sittin around thinking bout someof the bikes ive had over the yrs when i remembered a bike a friend of a friend used to own. It was around the same time i had my alpine stars cro mega dx so probs around 90-91.

All i can remember about it was that it was a marin with elevated chainstays, rigid forks (perhaps obvious) and a red (possiblty with white parts) frame. I cant remember the exact spec either but i get a vague feeling it was xomething like XT or DX gears but i could be wrong, its bin a long time now!!!

Ive spent some time on google tryin to find it but that was a fast road to nowhere unfortunately.

Im sure someone else must remember the biek aside from me, HELP!!!! :?

unixnerd

Try asking on the forum here http://www.retrobike.co.uk/, afraid my own Marin is a fairly modern 1997 :-)

idiotdogbrain

Marin never did e-stays in that era...

DickBarton

Marin didn't do elevated chainstays...

In fact I recall Alpinestars (Cro-mega and Al-mega frames); Nishiki (Alien); Ozone and Bigfoot (perhaps not as early 90/91) and I think Kestrel...Proflex I think came in around 93-ish and did have rigid forks (as they had the flexstem).

Those are the only 'big' names I can recall that did elevated stays on bikes around that time...

Andy B

Saracen did E-Stays as did the other brands mentioned above in DickBarton's post.

Not sure of the exact years they were in production, but they did them.

DickBarton

Crikey yes, Saracen did some elevated stuff but I think it didn't come in until 93...might have been the same year they offered the Eiger (as a Halfords-only model I think?)

NatoED

the Saracen was the XC-pro as ridden by rob "the caveman" Warner . i had one that was my brothers. rode it single speed at MargaM NPS in 97-98 ish

Andy B

DickBarton wrote:

Crikey yes, Saracen did some elevated stuff but I think it didn't come in until 93...might have been the same year they offered the Eiger (as a Halfords-only model I think?)

The E Stay Kili was around in '92, possibly earlier but not 100% on that

You signed up to Retrobike DickBarton? You sound like you know your old School bikes a fair bit & sound like a typical Retrobiker (I'm one so that's not an insult!)

NatoED

i've always wanted a Pace RC200

DickBarton

I've got a Pace RC-200 F8...happy to send pics but it sits in the garage looking very sorry for itself...nostalgia and a dream of mine keeps me from selling it.

No, not signed up to Retrobike...I'd end up loosing my job and life if I did...I try very hard not to get drawn into it either as it would be a seriously time consumer if I did.